About The Electronic Garden

The Electronic Garden is the name given to the recording studio and sound design endeavors of Scot Solida. A sound designer and writer of considerable renown, Scot has written hundreds of tutorials, feature articles and reviews that have appeared in a variety of publications, most often in Computer Music, where his regular Synth Essentials tutorials are a firm favorite with readers. Scot has co-authored three books, including the popular Billboard Home Recording Handbook.

As a sound designer, Scot's samples and presets have been included on dozens of Computer Music's cover discs. He's also provided sounds for energyXT2, Muse Research, VirSyn, LinPlug, Muon, Bitshift, NuSofting, Dash Synthesis, PSP Audio, Camel Audio, and Arturia, for whom he provided patches for the best selling Moog Modular V, Minimoog V and CS80V. Always a willing to lend a hand, Scot has beta-tested and advised on a number of instruments during the development process, most notably Bitshift's loop-based pHATfactory 001, which bears Scot's name.

When he's not programming synths or writing about music, Scot records music under the name Christus and the Cosmonaughts for indie label Beta-lactam Ring Records. You can find those records at http://www.blrrecords.com/shop.php?art=Christus+%26+the+Cosmonaughts. If he has any time after that, he can usually be found reading comics, watching old science fiction movies or painting science fiction and fantasy.